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Hacker Discovers How to Remotely Pwn a Game Boy Using ‘Pokémon Crystal’ After 22 Years
A security researcher found a bug in the Japanese version of Pokémon Crystal, which he realized could be exploited via a mobile adapter to hack a Game Boy via the internet.
A Web3 Game Console Is a Bad Idea at the Worst Possible Time
'Polium' cribbed Nintendo and Apple logos, won't launch for years, and still wants to hawk NFTs amid a crash that has tanked many Web3 game tokens.
The Newest Kirby Game Doesn’t Judge How You Play
A perfect game for a dad wanting a chill time, but a kid still learning video games needing an even chiller time.
Valve’s Steam Deck Is the Anti-Switch, a Handheld That Actually Trusts You
Steam Deck broadens the definition of “PC gamer,” making it less about how much you spent on a GPU and more about PC gaming’s other benefit: freedom.
Pentagon Says ‘Nintendo Generation’ Has Weak Skeletons
A military press release announced that Gen Z may be at risk for more injuries in boot camp.
Man Who Lived in Small Apartment Owes Nintendo $14.5 Million
Gary Bowser was recently sentenced to over 3 years in prison and ordered to pay millions to Nintendo for what his lawyers say was a relatively minor role in a Nintendo Switch piracy ring.
Why Is There So Much Fishing in Video Games?
Some gamers love it and others think it's beyond boring, but everyone can agree there's never been more angling to be done.
I Can’t Stop Gaming, Even When I’m Not Having Fun. Am I Addicted?
Stayed up way past your bedtime again? You might be a completionist.
'Pokémon Legends Arceus' Is Nearly the Game I've Dreamed About Since 1998
The game plays fast and loose with themes of colonialism and capturing wild animals, while wildly updating Pokémon in the process.
'Speedrunning' Is the Art of Finishing Entire Video Games in Minutes
Karel van Duijvenboden, the world's number one Super Mario Kart speedrunner, tells us why "breaking" games is nothing like cheating.
How Video Games Brought Together the Victims of a Tragic Fire Accident
Video games proved a connective tissue in the hospital, and that persisted out of it, too.
Programmer Uses NSA Tool to Liberate Legendary Super Nintendo Emulator From EA
The long-rumored SNESticle was hiding in a GameCube game for more than a decade. Now a programmer has come up with a way to run SNESticle on its own.